Shaper-fixture for broaching dovetail ends of turbine-buckets and the like.



I. FORSMAN.. SHAPER FIXTURE FOR BROACHING DOVETAIL ENDS' 0F TUIIBINE BUCKTS AND THE LIKE yIIIIILICATION FILED JAN. 2l. ISIS,

I www r III @IP IIII Il illldllllllul@ t" JHW FRSMAN', OF QUNUY, MASSAHUSETTS, ASSIGNOH. T0 GENERAL HLECTREG titl.,

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- citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Norfolk, State of yfnMnsstwhusette, have invented certain new @fand useful Improvements in Shuperdfiix- "tures for Broiiching Dovetail Ends of Turbine-Buckets and the like, otwhi'ch the followingis a specification. l .lll Thepresent invention vrelates yto Shaper ntures, and has for itslobject to provide an improvedfixturc for use in connection with an ordinary Shaper, und y particularly intendled for cuttinggtho slots in the buse of turl bine buCketsLthereby forming' the dovetuil base thereof, und also tor finishing the bottoms of the buckets. It will be understood,

owever, that the invention is not necessarily limited to this pnrticulnr use. y j'flor :L consideration of what ltbelieve to be novel und my invention, attention is dire'ctecl to the accompanying specification and.

the claims appended thereto. c 11n the accompanying drawing, wherein .l 25 have illustrated `im 'embodiment of my inil vention, Figure 1 is n. top plan View ofthe xturey'Fig.' 2 is'e side elevation partly in y'section of theiixture; Fig. 3 is a, section taken on line`3-3, Fig. l; Fig, 4 is` :i central vertical section of n portion ofthe fixture; Fig. 5 is n (ietnil'perepective view partly 'broken nwuy of thel reciprocal ing carrier otf f `theiixture; Fig. 6 is u "perpective View of :i

`tinslied'turbine bucket; I* 1g.' 7 is a, detail y ne' erspectiveview of' the chimping members or thebucketsiund Fig. 1% is n sidcelevu i tion of uy ehuper With'my iimproyed fixturev in `pince thereon.`

Referringtozthe drawing', Fig. 8, indilcuites the bed, 11v tliesliding .boeiend 12 "thetuble` oi." n sheper, it being understood thnt; the'shaper providedwith :i vsuitable `power",driven mechnnisnrtor reciprocnting' the hezithns is w'oll known. Mounted on the table 12 is' n holder 13 in which the fixture 14C is secured, it. being clamped in place there- "in linany Asuitable manner. y

'i Referring now toi the other yiewsot the 'I drawing, the fixture comprises e rectnngulsu' stationary member 1G having n. longitudinally extending; chiinnel yl'uihich extends 'throiiglfout its length. The bottom of the Vstutio'nnry'inein'tcr 16 is 'providedfwith two VvSlots 'ttl which 'teint the fgrczri l{Kirton of lltppliotien led January 21, 1916. Serial. No. New?.

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web :20, the top .surface of which is ont down lower than the ndjnrent surince oit the thanm nel 17 und upon which is fixed. by' suitable screws 2l :i puri compri ng u breaching secs tion Q2 hui-ing `teeth on its top surface and nV supporting section Fixed on the botu toni oi channel l? on opp site sides oil the web Q0 nrc two sets of breaching tonie 2li: sind Finch set comprises two parte held in place by suitnbhA screws or boite 9&6 es shown, the snm-e being suitably arranged so that the tools cnn be adjusted to the correct positions. The set. 24thas cutting teeth 2( und is :1r-ranged over und on opposite sides oi the cutting section Q2; the eet 25 bus out-- ting teeth 28, and arranged adjacent the supporting y section The specs between the members ot euch set oit'btoncbing tools 22e und 5 tapers from the left-bend end to the rightzdiand. end, and the arrangement is such that when un unfinishedturbine bncltet is passed through the space4 between the brouching tools fromy the leittlinnd end to thc yrighbiuinol end, the teeth of nuttin c* se@ tionQZ will tinish the bottom ol'- the bucket,

und the teeth ot' the cutting tools Qi sind will cui; the doveteil therein. jl-lie bronchingtools :1re formed 'with e. ninnber et teeth,

`nach cuttingott' n smell amount so 'ns to avoid forming bnrs on the edges. The upper sido wills of the channel l? ere cut back to :t'orm lodges 30 over which are boltei the pluies 3l, thus providing grooves 50m in which u reciprocnting carrier 32 for cnrrying the part upon which work is to be performed, e., the turbine bucket,l slides. The carrier 32 is. shown in izierspective .in Fig. 5. lt comprises n rectangular bloeit 33 having flanges 3-ion its two sides 'Which rest on the ledges 30 and slide in groeven 30, The block hns nn opening to receive the end ot' n` bur 36 which. is carried by the tool lioider 3T ot the sliding heed il. of the simpel', by which it is reciprocuted. The block 33 also has n rectengulnr opening in .which is arranged n pair cluniing members Bil und 4:0. liiiese ure shown in tnil 'ocrs-,iiectivc in Fig. Y. The clamping mein er 59 is fined. to the block 33 et one end ot' the opening, 38, :is by bolts; (Figs. l, 2, und l) und` the clamping member Ll() iti il il titi llilll litio? ixed to a sliding rectangular frame 42, as by bolts 40, The frame 42 comprises an inner end wall 43 which is located 1n opening 38and to which the clamping member- 40 is fixed, a top wall 44, a, bottom wall 45, and an outer end wall 46 which is located outside the block The top wall 44 is wider than the end wall 43 and rectangular opening 38 to form ledges which slide on top of the block 33, and the bottom wall45 is arranged in a recess in the lower side of the block 33 so that its lower face is flush With that of said block. The frame can thus slide on the block 33 to n'iove the clamping member 40 toward and away from the clampiugvmembcr 39. The frame 42 is biased to a position in which the clamping member 40 is the baris al recess or'slot 50 of the samewidth as the inner end wall 43 ofthe sliding frame and into which such wall may be moved by the spring 47. Fixed to the bar 'for turning it is anoperating handle 51 which extends through a slot 52 in the block 33. The handle is turned automatically in the two extreme positions of the reciprocating carrier 32 by means of being brought' into engagement at the one end of its movement with an L-shaped stop 53 fixed on the stationary member 1G, and at the otherend of its movement with an adjustable stop also fixed to the stationary'member 16, and comprising an L-shaped member 54 which may, if desired, be adjustable on the stationary member 16 and which carries an adjustable threaded bolt 55 for engagement with the handle 51.

'The operation is as follows: Referring to Figs, 1 and 2, the carrier 32 has reached the extreme end of its movement to the left, the handle 51 has engaged stop 53 and turned the bar 50, causin it to act as a cam to force the frame 42 to t e left and clamp the turbine bucket. B between the clamping members 39 and 40. 'Ihe shaper head 11 now moves toward the right, forcing the carrier 32 along with it. This carries the basecf the bucket. along between the broaching tools '24 and 25, and in its passage the bottom of the bucket is finished by cutting section 22 and the dovetail is formed by the tools 24 and 25. As the carrier 32 approaches the extreme ot' its movement to the right, the cutting operation is completed and the handie 5l engages stop 55, thus turninor bar 50 and bringing the slot or recess 50l into line with the end wall 43 of frame 42. The

spring 4'?` then moves the frame 42 to the right, moving the clamping member 40 away :from the clamping member 39 and thus reand it begins its movement toward the left,

which is the idlestroke. As soon as the carrier reach-es a position where the space between the clamping members 39 and 40 is at least over the cutting tools 25, an unfinished bucket is dropped into such space. Since the base of theunnished' bucket is wider than the space between the cuttngtools 24 and 25, it will engage the top of them and slide along thereon until it passes beyond the left-hand end of tools 24, when it will drop down to the positonshown in Fig. 2.

-The handle 51 then engages stop 53, thus4 turning bar 50 and clamping the unfinished bucket between the clamping members 39 and 40. The cycle of operatlon is then repeated. v V

' While the operator is removing a finished bucket and preparin to insert an unfinished one, the direction4 o 4movement .of the carrier will have become reversed and it will have started on itsreturn movement, so that by the time the operatorie readyto insert the unfinished bucket, the space between the two clamping members 39l and 40 will al;4

ready be over the cutting tools. The supporting sectionv 23 serves to support thebucket atten it is unclamped and thus prevent it trom "dropping down. The .slots 18 serve as a, passa e for the escape of the` ma-y terial cut @from tie buckets.

- Fig. 6 shows a finished bucket. It will be understood that prior to the cutting operation the bucket is of uniform section throughout its length. This is shown in Fi' v2.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to havey it understood that the ape paratus shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out4 by other means within the scope of the appended claims. l j

What I claim 'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is

1. The combination `'with a Shaper having a sliding head and a supporting'table, of a fixture carriedby the tablecomprismg a stationary member, cuttintr` tools fixed thereon, a carrier slidable on-thc'stationary member, 4clampingunembers on the carrier for clamping the `part upon which work is to be performed, means controlled by the movement of the carrier for automatically closmg said clamping members, and means connesting the carrier to the .slidinghead of the Shaper.

2. The 'combination with a Shaper having a sliding head and a supporting table, of a fixture carried by the table comprising a sta 'tionary member, cutting tools lined thereon, a carrier slidable on the stationary member, clamping members ou the carrier 'for ciamping the part upon which work is to be performed, means controlled by the movement of the carrier for auton'latioally releasing said clamping members, and means eonneeting the carrier tothe sliding head of the Shaper. I f' 3. The combination with a Shaper having a sliding head and a supporting table, of a fixture carried by the table ,comprising a ,stationary member, cutting tools fixed therel` on, a carrier slidable on the stationary member, clamping members on the carrier for ber, clamping members on ,the carrier f0r` clamping the part upon ywhich work is to be performed, one of said clamping members being fixed to the carrier, a frame movable on the, carrier to Whlch the other clamping member 1s secured, means controlled by the movements of the carrier for automatically moving said frame to close and release the clamping members, and umane-connecting the carrier to the sliding head of the Shaper. A 5. .ln an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a stationary member, cutting tools fixed thereon, a carrier slidable on the stationary member having an opening therein,clamping members on the carrier, one of them being fixed t0 the earrier in. said opening` a frame Slidable on the carrier and partially located in Said opening, the other clamping member being fixed to said frame within the opening, and means controlled by themovement of the carrier for moving the trame on the carrier to bring the-clamping members into and (but oi clampingposition.

6. The combination with a Shaper having a, sliding head and a supporting table, of a iiXture carried by the table comprising a Sta-' tionary member, cutting tools xed thereon, a carrier ySlidable on the stationary member and having an opening therein, clamping members on the carrier, one of them being fixed to' the carrier in said openingi/a frame slidable on the carrier and having a part located in the opening, the othervclamping member being tixed to said frame Within the opening, a cam on the carrier for moving the trame to bring the clamping member into closed "position, a` spring' for moving the :trame to bring the clamping members into release. position, means :t'or automatically movingj, the cam, and means connecting the carrier 1to the sliding head of the Shaper.

ln Witness whereof, yI have hereunto set my hand this seventeenthfday of January,

JOHN FORSMAN. 1 p 

